At the DeSantis household, there are a lot of presents to open. Olivia turns five today, and we strain to make sure that her birthday doesn’t become a Christmas afterthought (or I guess, in this case, before-thought).
It’s actually good to hear a man with some worry in this situation. Our forefathers wouldn’t have had a hint of concern for how the addition of a child would affect their professional ambitions
My otherwise typically confident, headstrong wife, in the face of some challenge of early infancy, was really worried. It wasn’t a general dread: she was worried that somehow whatever she was doing was just not good enough.
comfort
Yesterday, Olivia and I went to a birthday party in New York City. Before that, we went to gymnastics. Between all the travel and activities, we spent nearly the entire day together. Olivia has been, since she could form words, a constant talker. So a full day with her is like a month’s worth of conversations with your average friend.
